AVCHD, Advanced Video Codec High Definition, is a high-definition and standard-definition recording format for use in digital tapeless camcorders. And AVCHD (AVC-HD, AVC HD) video is recorded using the MPEG-4 AVC/H.264 video compression codec. Audio is stored in either compressed form (Dolby AC-3), or uncompressed form (multichannel PCM).
This kind of media file, say, AVCHD video, is mostly used by camcorders and cameras for saving the recoded video clips, and is rarely appeared in other places. It’s available to play AVCHD in Windows Media Player, edit them in iMovie and so on. But this not happens all the time-lots of video-sharing sites and devices including iPhone, BlackBerry, Nokia etc. can’t understand the format of AVCHD. So if you want to enjoy your AVCHD file on more devices and share with your family and friends, you need to convert AVCHD to compatible or other popular video or audio format first.
This article detailed shows you how to convert AVCHD to other formats or to convert others to AVCHD on both Windows OS and Mac OS including Snow Leopard and Lion. To achieve the aim, AVCHD Video Converter for Windows and AVCHD Video Converter for Mac are used. Both of the two programs provide broad format support and ultra-fast conversion speed. Which may amaze you more is that they all preserve the video quality after the AVCHD conversion. Here comes the sample of converting AVCHD in Windows while the Mac task is similar with it.
Sample: How to Convert AVCHD on Winodws OS
Step 1: Add AVCHD files
To add files, you can just drag your video from your file folders to the list in the operating window; or click the "Add Video" icon, to choose files or folders you want to convert.
Step 2: Set output format
Click the "Advanced" button, which leads to an "Advanced" window. In the "Profile", choose the output format to your own taste. Set the resolution, frame rate, etc. at the same time if you have any need.
Tips: This AVCHD Converter also enables to edit the video before the conversion.
Select a video from the file list, click "Edit" menu, or click the "Edit video" button. Then you can optimize you video by trimming and cropping, changing video effect, adding watermark, etc.
Step 3: Start conversion
Click "Start" to start the conversion. After that you can click "Find Target" to find out where the output files are saved. Or before the conversion, you can click the menu "Tools > Preference", to set where you want to save your output files.
Tip: Actually this AVCHD Video Converter can convert video between all kinds of video and audio formats, even including format supported on iPad/iPod/iPhone, etc.
To convert AVCHD on Mac with the AVCHD converter Mac mentioned above, you can go to the User Guide of Video Converter for Mac for more info.
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